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Largest seeds and crop protection companies in the world

Breeding, plant propagation, seed, crop protection and biological control products that decide what is planted and how it is protected.

Syngenta Group: Syngenta Group is a Chinese-owned, Basel-based agricultural technology group in crop protection, seeds, biologicals and grower services.
Bayer Crop Science: Bayer Crop Science is the agricultural division of the listed German Bayer group, covering plant breeding, seeds, crop protection and digital farming.
BASF Agricultural Solutions: BASF Agricultural Solutions is the farming business of Germany's BASF group, offering crop protection, seeds, biologicals and digital crop management.
Corteva: Corteva is a listed US crop protection company focused on agricultural chemistry and biologicals since its seed business separated in October 2026.
Vylor: Vylor is a listed US seed and genetics company created in 2026 when Corteva separated its seed business.
UPL: UPL is an Indian agricultural group with global reach, supplying crop protection, seeds, biological solutions and post-harvest technologies.
FMC: FMC is a US crop protection company developing active ingredients and products to manage insect pests, weeds and plant diseases.
KWS: KWS is a listed German seed group specialising in plant breeding and the production and sale of seed.
DLF: DLF is a Danish, farmer-owned seed group with a major role in forage grasses, turf and seed for feed production.
Limagrain: Limagrain is a French seed and agri-food group whose parent is an agricultural cooperative rooted in the Auvergne region.
Rijk Zwaan: Rijk Zwaan is a Dutch family-owned breeding company developing vegetable and fruit varieties and supplying seed to professional growers.
Sakata Seed Corporation: Sakata Seed Corporation is a listed Japanese company breeding and producing vegetable and ornamental varieties for international markets.
Sumitomo Chemical: Sumitomo Chemical is a listed Japanese chemical group with substantial crop protection, biological solutions and animal nutrition activities.
RAGT: RAGT is a privately held French agricultural group with extensive seed activities in field crops, sugar beet and vegetables.
Bejo: Bejo is a Dutch family-owned company specialising in vegetable breeding, seed production and seed sales for professional horticulture.
Enza Zaden: Enza Zaden is a Dutch family-owned vegetable breeding company supplying seed to professional growers, including organic seed through Vitalis.
Nufarm: Nufarm is an Australian crop protection and seed technologies company, listed on the ASX, serving broadacre and specialty crop growers.
PI Industries: PI Industries is an Indian agriscience group selling crop protection products and running custom synthesis and manufacturing for partners.
SIPCAM OXON: SIPCAM OXON is an independent, family-owned Italian group making crop protection products, fertilisers and biostimulants, with industrial services.
Rovensa: Rovensa is a Portuguese-based agricultural inputs group working through two businesses: Rovensa Next in biosolutions and Ascenza in crop protection.
Novonesis: Danish biotechnology group formed from Novozymes and Chr. Hansen, supplying microbial and enzyme solutions for crops and animal nutrition.
Agromillora: Spanish nursery group, active since 1986, propagating rootstocks, fruit trees and olive plants for modern intensive orchards.
Staphyt: French agricultural research group running field trials, laboratory studies and regulatory consultancy for crop protection, fertiliser and seed firms.
American Vanguard: American Vanguard is a US crop protection group, owner of AMVAC, combining agrochemicals, biological products and precision application systems.
Albaugh: Albaugh is a US-born crop protection manufacturer focused on post-patent herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and seed treatments.
Nissan Chemical: Nissan Chemical is a Tokyo-based chemical group whose Agricultural Chemicals business makes herbicides, fungicides and insecticides such as SIRIUS and LEIMAY.
Nippon Soda: Nippon Soda is a Japanese chemical group whose Agri Business makes crop protection products such as MOSPILAN, NISSORUN and TOPSIN-M.
Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha ISK: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha (ISK) is a Japanese chemical maker whose biosciences business discovers and develops fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.
Gowan Company: Gowan Company is a family-owned agricultural inputs group from Yuma, Arizona, supplying crop protection products, seeds and fertilisers.
Rallis India: Rallis India, a Tata Chemicals subsidiary, supplies crop protection, seeds and soil and plant health products and offers custom manufacturing.
Dhanuka Agritech: Dhanuka Agritech is an Indian maker of crop protection products, growth regulators and biologicals, with technical manufacturing at Dahej.
Nihon Nohyaku Nichino: Nihon Nohyaku (Nichino) is a Japanese crop protection group owned by ADEKA, researching, making and selling agrochemicals and adjuvants.
Kumiai Chemical: Kumiai Chemical Industry is a Japanese group that researches, makes and sells crop protection active ingredients, led by the AXEEV herbicide, plus fine chemicals.
Mitsui Chemicals Crop & Life Solutions: Mitsui Chemicals Crop & Life Solutions (MCCLS) is a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals working in crop protection and non-agricultural pest control.
Hokko Chemical: Hokko Chemical Industry is a Tokyo-based Japanese maker of crop protection products and fine chemicals, established in 1950 and selling through the ZEN-NOH network.
Takii Seed: Japanese vegetable and flower seed company, founded in 1835, that breeds, produces and sells seed internationally.
East-West Seed: Vegetable seed company with its head office in Thailand, breeding varieties for tropical conditions and serving smallholder farmers.
Royal Barenbrug Group: Dutch family-owned grass and forage seed group, in business since 1904, serving livestock farms, sports turf and landscaping.
Florimond Desprez: Independent French family-owned group that breeds sugar beet and cereal varieties and produces seed for arable farmers.
Koppert: Dutch family company, founded in 1967, supplying natural enemies, bumblebee pollination and microbial products for crops.
BioFirst Group: Belgian biological crop protection group built from Biobest, with the brands Biobest, BioWorks, Biotrop and Plant Products.
Andermatt Group: Swiss group, founded in 1988 in Grossdietwil, developing and distributing biological crop protection and bee health products.
GDM: GDM is a plant genetics group that grew out of Argentina's Don Mario business, breeding soybeans and other field crops and selling them through seed and licensing.